1983 SIII Camel Trophy Information

[disco2hse]

There was an article in LRM, August 2010 about a group reliving the camel experience.

[disco2hse]

No disrespect to any members who have done the G4, but from what i've seen it appears to be more of a car show/reality show than a challenge.

[snipped]

The G4 just doesn't have the same grit. Too polished.

Is there anything like the Trophy these days?

G4. Reality show it is. Maybe it was cancelled because the Amazing Race got better ratings. Life in TV land.

It is what happens when marketing people get hold of a good thing then clean it up, identify market segments, make it `edgy', signal market strengths, blahblahblah. It turns, .... well.... blah.

In the first three years from when Land Rover sponsored CT the numbers of people who wanted to be in the competition increased to over one million. It worked and they succeeded. In effect the marketing people failed.

Is there anything that compares, well there is the Rain Forest Challenge. Fairly low key but uber-tough. A friend of mine usually goes up there each year.

[disco2hse]

Awesome film! I've never seen that before. Is there a longer video?

Used to be available on video. Out of production now but I have seen at least three versions of Zaire with different bits of footage.

[Triumphdaytona2007]

Except for the ones that had a tailgate/clamshell! Seriously, go to Youtube and watch the videos - you'll see almost every variation including the 110 5-dr with a clamshell...

i was inquiring about the 88's, in the youtube videos it looked like the 88s had the swing out doors

[luckyjoe]

They had the solid swing out doors.

Except for the ones that had a tailgate/clamshell! Seriously, go to Youtube and watch the videos - you'll see almost every variation including the 110 5-dr with a clamshell...

[crankin]

do the camel trophy rovers have the swing out rear door or the clamshell window and tailgate? its hard for me to tell in the pictures, in the video it looks like a swing out door

They had the solid swing out doors.

[bmohan55]

Whenever I see Rovers doing "real work" like this or the 4 part article a while back in the Rovers North about the "Across Africa" Series I feel a little silly taking mine thru the trails here in VA. (when it was running )

That's not to say that in my mind I'm somewhere far more exotic.

[Triumphdaytona2007]

do the camel trophy rovers have the swing out rear door or the clamshell window and tailgate? its hard for me to tell in the pictures, in the video it looks like a swing out door

[rickv100]

I seem to remember the picture of the Series 3 on its side (second one down) was used in Camel Cigarette ads.

Rick

[luckyjoe]

Sadly, that burning SIII was a CT 109"

[Leslie]

This photo (of the incident in the video) seems to belong here, given it is a SIII CT....

[ducttape]

great thread, great video

[LaneRover]

Interesting take on 'The Good Bad and the Ugly' for the background music.

[Boddington]

Awesome film! I've never seen that before. Is there a longer video?

[TJR]

Great pics.. !! Thanks for sharing...

certainly better detail than this video..which is all I had ever seen from the '83 CT